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Florida Gets $29 Million Boost to Help Grid in Extreme Weather

December 24, 2024 admin batteries, climate change, Energy Storage, Florida, grid, grid storage, hurricanes, investing in america, jennifer granholm, Joe Biden, justice40 initiative, lithium-ion batteries, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 04:50:53 +0000

I grew up in Florida and lived here through college. Then I moved away for about 14 years. Then I moved back about 6 years ago. In short, I’ve lived here for approximately 3 decades. We went through some hurricanes when I was younger, and were certainly threatened by many … [continued]

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Hurricanes Were Extra Disruptive to US Energy Infrastructure in 2024 — I’m Shocked

December 20, 2024 admin climate change, climate crisis, energy information administration (eia), Extreme weather, Fossil Fuels, global weirding, hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Oil

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 04:57:20 +0000

After warnings for years from climate scientists that hurricanes were going to get bigger and more destructive, I’m absolutely shocked to learn that hurricanes this year were bigger and more destructive than normal in the US. Sarcasm aside, I lived through a couple of serious hurricanes, including going through the … [continued]

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Water Infrastructure, Disasters, Water Scarcity & Security, Potable Water, & Conflict — “We Love Our Children, Don’t We?”

December 6, 2024 admin asheville, climate change, hurricane helene, hurricanes, Water, water scarcity, water security, water shortages, water stress

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:50:21 +0000

Water-related disasters currently make up over 90% of all disasters on Earth, with record-breaking floods and droughts making headlines around the world. Over the past ten years, the number of fatalities from these catastrophes has doubled. Climate change, warming surface water temperatures, and more aggressive hurricanes making their way up … [continued]

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Hurricane Damage In The Blue Ridge Mountains Shows Us Why We Fight

November 1, 2024 admin Appalachia, climate change, hurricanes

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:14:33 +0000

When it comes to sheer altitude, the western mountains of the United States are hard to beat. In North America, they’re the tallest, and even in the Americas, the larger American Cordillera that runs from Alaska to Antarctica has the tallest mountains on both continents. Depending on how you measure … [continued]

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EV Charging Before, During, & After Hurricane Milton Struck Florida

October 30, 2024 admin clean transport, Disaster response, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev home charging, Florida, home ev charging, hurricane milton, hurricanes, Natural Disasters, public charging, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:21:31 +0000

EV charging data and anecdotal evidence both indicate that charging up an EV was easier than filling up a gas tank in Florida before and after Hurricane Milton made landfall.

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What Does A One-In-A-1000 Year Storm Look Like — And Will We Be Seeing Them More Frequently?

October 29, 2024 admin climate change, events, Fossil Fuels, hurricanes

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 03:15:16 +0000

Hurricanes have always been taken seriously by residents who live on coastlines. After all, there are historical precedents that make clear how much damage can accrue from a hurricane’s wrath. What’s not so well understood is how what used to be referred to as a one-in-1000 year storm generates wind … [continued]

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$474 Million for More Grid Resilience in USA

October 29, 2024 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, Democrats, grid, hurricanes, jennifer granholm, Natural Disasters, policy & politics, subsidies, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 03:55:53 +0000

After Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton knocked out power for millions of Americans recently, grid resilience is top of mind. We need better grid resilience. In some places, electricity came back within a few hours. In others, it took a day or two. In places with poor grid resilience, it … [continued]

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Soaring Cleantech Manufacturing, EV Sales Records, Hurricanes — Top Cleantech Stories

October 24, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica top 10, climate change, electric cars, electric motorcycles, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev sales, green economy, green jobs, hurricanes, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, market research, policy & politics, research, rooftop solar, Solar energy, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 15:39:08 +0000

Our operations here at CleanTechnica got quite disrupted by a couple of recent hurricanes — Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene. As a result, we’ve got a lot of news to catch up on for our regular roundups on top cleantech stories. In this edition, I’m going to break the highlights … [continued]

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How Well Do Rooftop Solar Systems Survive A Hurricane?

October 22, 2024 admin clean power, Florida, hurricane milton, hurricanes, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar power benefits, sunnova, sunnova energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 23:26:34 +0000

As we went through Hurricane Milton down here in Southwest Florida, and particularly as the roofs all over my neighborhood got torn up, I and many others wondered: how well do rooftop solar systems survive in a hurricane here? While I’ve seen the shingles ripped off many a roof from … [continued]

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How Solar and Battery Kept An Appalachian Farm Going

October 20, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, hurricanes, lithium-ion batteries, Solar energy, solar energy advantages, solar energy benefits

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:28:42 +0000

No matter how many transcontinental trips people take, no matter how many severe weather events are survived with an EV’s battery, and no matter how many other things clean technology does—there’s a persistent myth that it’s not up to the task. Solar and wind “don’t work when the wind doesn’t … [continued]

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